Answers Posted By Archibald Thomas

Answer to Can I be terminated for taking legal action to collect on bounced checks?

Retaliation

The answer to your question depends on a number of factors including the number of employees and how you go about raising the issue of the NSF checks. If your employer has ten or more employees, you are protected against retaliation if you complain about the employer's violation of a law. So, if you file a complaint with the police or state attorney's office, you should be protected. In addition, if you retain a lawyer and the lawyer complains about the violations of specific laws such as the minimum wage law or the worthless check law, again you should be protected against retaliation. If, on the other hand, you complain merely about non-payment of you salary, you may not be protected because this could be construed as a complain of a breach of contract or breach of the promise to pay wages, whcih is not the type of law protected under the Florida Whistleblower's Act.

posted Feb 17, 2009 5:41 PM [EST]